Granite stung by White Sulphur, ousted from divisional

CHURCHHILL – It was a great run, but one that ended short of where Granite’s seven seniors would have liked.

White Sulphur Springs defeated the Lady Prospectors 3-0 in the Consolation Bracket final Saturday, ending the locals season in fourth place at the Clas C Western Division Volleyball Tournament.

White Sulphur opened up a lead early in set one, but Granite fought back to trail by a point at 10-9. The Lady Hornets opened up another lead that they maintained to earn the win.

The second set saw White Sulphur get off to a fast start again, but Granite wasn’t about to let that happen again. The Lady Prospectors eventually closed the gap at 14-all and stayed with the to 22-22 when they took a one-point lead, 23-22. But the Lady Hornets rallied again, scoring three points to capture the victory and a 2-0 match lead.

Unfortunately for the locals, set three ended much like the first. A quick lead by the opposition that Granite rallied to bring close. But in the end, White Sulphur Springs prevailed and ended the Lady Prospectors’ season.

Granite graduates seven seniors including Ramsey Smith, Allison Benson, Maya Flores, Addison Spehar, Ella Tallon, Montannah Piar, and Emily White.

Tallon, who is now the holder of all three setting records for the Lady Prospectors, had 23 assists in Saturday’s season finale. Piar had 12 kills while junior Addi Lilyquist logged nine. Talon & Piar each had six digs and Lilyquist was tops in service aces with four.

SCORING

White Sulphur Springs – 25/25/25 – 3

Granite – 19/23/16 – 0

GHS STATISTICS

KILLS – Smith 6, Benson 2, Flores 1, Spehar 1, Tallon 3, Piar 12, Lilyquist 9

BLOCKS – n/a

ASSISTS – Spehar 1, Tallon 23, Piar 1

DIGS – Smith 4, Benson 3, Flores 1, Tallon 6, Piar 6, Lilyquist 5

ACES – Smith 1, Benson 1, Spehar 1, Tallon 1, Lilyquist 4